Raised $18M across disclosed rounds.[1][2][4][6][9]

Series A closed October 2025, led by Chemistry.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Chemistry, Y Combinator, Afore Capital, Homebrew, Balaji Srinivasan, Pioneer Fund, SignalFire, Wing Venture Capital.[1][3][7][9]

Serena Ge, Co-Founder, CEO[1][10][11]

Charley Lee, Co-Founder[1][10][11]

Scale AI · scale.com · Same buyer (foundation model labs) and same budget (training data procurement), but Scale AI is a generalist labeling outsourcer while Datacurve focuses specifically on expert coding data via a bounty marketplace.[1][2]

Mercor · mercor.com · Same buyer and budget; Mercor is reportedly courting a multi-billion valuation and competes for the same post-training data spend from AI labs.[1][2]

Surge AI · surgehq.ai · Same buyer and budget; Surge is a go-to for premium labeling but uses a contractor model rather than Datacurve's bounty-based, gamified approach.[1][2]

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